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The fourth grade classes of Jennifer Cody and Cathy Shaffer at Garfield Elementary have enjoyed “visiting” the 1800’s in their classrooms. They were able to participate in the annual “Little House on the Prairie” cross curriculum unit.
The students are each assigned to a partner and one of the nine Little House books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. During the reading of the books, there was time for reflecting, comparing and contrasting, summarizing, writing a letter to Laura about how life has changed since her time, learning new vocabulary, and much more. At the end of the study, they each presented a book report and poster. They were presented in order to help the students visualize Laura’s life sequentially from her time in the big woods of Wisconsin when she was only 6, through all of her many moves with her family, to her time in Mansfield, Mo. as a young wife and mother.
The unit was wrapped up on Wednesday, Feb. 8th with everyone coming dressed as their favorite Little House character. This day was also a celebration of Laura’s birthday as it takes place this time of the year. The day concluded with a birthday party where the students played a trivia game, made butter to enjoy on their “Johnny cakes, ” and enjoyed lemonade and sugar cookies just as Laura might have done on her birthday as a little girl.
In a little over a week, the students learned how resourceful and hard working the pioneers had to be. Comparing our life to theirs, the students came to appreciate so many of the things that are taken for granted today.
The fourth grade classes of Jennifer Cody and Cathy Shaffer at Garfield Elementary have enjoyed “visiting” the 1800’s in their classrooms. They were able to participate in the annual “Little House on the Prairie” cross curriculum unit.
The students are each assigned to a partner and one of the nine Little House books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. During the reading of the books, there was time for reflecting, comparing and contrasting, summarizing, writing a letter to Laura about how life has changed since her time, learning new vocabulary, and much more. At the end of the study, they each presented a book report and poster. They were presented in order to help the students visualize Laura’s life sequentially from her time in the big woods of Wisconsin when she was only 6, through all of her many moves with her family, to her time in Mansfield, Mo. as a young wife and mother.
The unit was wrapped up on Wednesday, Feb. 8th with everyone coming dressed as their favorite Little House character. This day was also a celebration of Laura’s birthday as it takes place this time of the year. The day concluded with a birthday party where the students played a trivia game, made butter to enjoy on their “Johnny cakes, ” and enjoyed lemonade and sugar cookies just as Laura might have done on her birthday as a little girl.
In a little over a week, the students learned how resourceful and hard working the pioneers had to be. Comparing our life to theirs, the students came to appreciate so many of the things that are taken for granted today.
